Drunk Chuck - Crock Pot Cooking

2 lbs boneless chuck, cut into 1 inch cubes
1/2 cup flour
2 TBS butter
1 onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp pepper
2 bottles or cans beer
1 TBS butter
1/4 cup flour

Rice
Salad

Melt 2 TBS butter in crock pot set to HIGH.
Coat beef cubes with the 1/2 cup flour placing beef and flour in plastic bag and shaking. Add beef to crock and cook in melted butter stirring occasionally.
Slice onion and mince garlic. Add onion, pepper, garlic and beer to crock pot. Cover crock, set temperature to LOW and cook 5 hours until meat is tender.

Half hour before serving turn crock to HIGH. Melt remaining 1 TBS of butter in microwave and mix in the 1/4 cup flour. Stir butter/flour into meat mixture, cook on high 30 minutes stirring occasionally.

While the Drunk Chuck thickens, cook rice and prepare a tossed salad. In 4 QT sauce pan bring 3 cups of water, 1 1/2 cups rice, 1 TBS butter, pinch of salt to a boil, cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes. Prepare salad while Drunk Chuck and rice finish cooking.

Serve Drunk Chuck over rice and with the salad for a complete dinner.

P.S. It's OK to serve this to the kids, all the alcohol from the beer is cooked out.

Chile Rellenos Quiche

27 oz can roasted whole green chiles
1 lb cheddar or monterrey jack cheese cut into 1 oz wedges
1/2 lb cheddar or monterrey jack cheese shredded
6 eggs
1/4 cup flour
2-3 handfuls of tortilla chips crumbled

Prepare 2 quiche or pie pans (or 1 9x13" baking dish) by greasing lightly or spraying with nonstick spray.

Sprinkle enough chip crumbs to cover bottom of dish, about half the chips.

Thoroughly blend eggs eggs and flour. Pour a thin layer over the chips on bottom of baking dishes saving more than half of eggs for topping.

Take chiles and stuff each one with a wedges of cheese and place in a single layer in the baking dish. If the chiles are in pieces not large enough to stuff or if you are pressed for time, spread out half the chiles in a single layer in the baking dish and layer cheese evenly over them. Top with the remaining chiles in another layer.

Cover the chiles with the remaining egg mixture. Mix the remaining crumbled chips with the shredded cheese and sprinkle over the top.

Bake at 375°F until cheese is melted and slightly browned, about 30 minutes.

Spinach and Cheese Casserole

1 pkg Fresh Baby Spinach leaves chopped
- or -
10 oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1/4 onion minced
1 clove garlic pressed or finely minced
1 cup ricotta or creamed cottage cheese
1/2 cup shredded cheese - Cheddar, Jack, or Mozzarella
3 eggs, slightly beaten
2 TBS flour
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly oil or spray a 1-1/2 quart casserole.
Combine all ingredients and mix well.
Pour into prepared casserole dish.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.

Optional: Recommend using ricotta and mozzarella cheeses. After oiling baking dish sprinkle bread crumbs to just cover the bottom, pour in the casserole, layer thin slices of tomato on top and sprinkle top with more bread crumbs and 1 tsp grated parmesan, romano, or asiago cheese, and bake as above.

Serves 2-3 as main dish, 4-6 as a side.

Easy Sunday Supper - Swiss Chicken Casserole

This easy to prepare meal will put a delicious dinner for your family on the table while allowing you to relax enjoy the last of the weekend with your family. Add a green vegetable or salad and dinner is complete.

Swiss Chicken Casserole

6 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
6 slices Swiss cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
2 cups stuffing mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

Lightly grease crock pot or spray with cooking spray.
Layer chicken breasts in bottom of crock pot.
Top with cheese.
Combine soup and milk, stirring well. Spoon over cheese.
Sprinkle with stuffing mix.
Drizzle melted butter over stuffing mix.
Cook on low 6 hours or high 3 hours.
Serves 6.

Tasty Treats for Hoops Fans - Toasted Bacon-Olive Tapenade

I'm posting three tasty treats for your hoops fans, just in case the game goes into over-time here's something to shore-up your defense! (It's also a dandy way to savor your team winning!)

Toasted Bacon-Olive Tapenade

6 slices Bacon fry crisp, drain and crumble
1 cup Olives chopped
1/2 cup Green onion tops chopped
1 1/2 cups Sharp Chedar Cheese shredded
1 tsp Curry powder
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 long baguette of french bread sliced in thin rounds

Mix together all ingredients except bread. Toast baguette rounds on one side until nicely brown. Spread mixture on untoasted side of baguette rounds. Broil until brown and serve hot.

For quick preparation you can use 2 small cans of chopped black olives or 1 can each black and green olives. I like to use a mixture of olive types - black, green, kalamata - and chop them in the food processer with a heaping TBS of capers and another of pimentos if my green olives aren't stuffed with them.

Tasty Treats for Hoops Fans - Baked Artichoke Dip

I'm posting three tasty treats for your hoops fans, here's the second quarter treat!

Baked Artichoke Dip

14 oz Can artichoke hearts - plain or marinated
10 oz package frozen chopped spinach
1 small can sliced water chestnuts
8 oz Parmesan cheese grated or fine shredded
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 cup Sour cream
8 oz Cream cheese
4 cloves Garlic finely minced
1 TBS Dill weed
1/4 tsp Paprika

Defrost spinach in mircowave then place in collander to drain.
Drain artichoke hearts and water chestnuts.
In food processor add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth and creamy. Add artichoke hearts, spinach, water chestnuts and chop until . Place mixture in an oven-proof dish, crock, or souffle that has been greased or sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20-25 minutes until the dip is bubbly and lightly browned on top.

Serve with rye crisps, crackers, toasted pita or baguette slices.
Keep the artichoke dip warm while serving.

Tasty Treats for Hoops Fans - Three Point Play Snack Mix

Ok, so maybe basketball doesn't have the cachet for tailgating and home partying that goes with football; but, if folks are gathering to watch the NCAA brackets fight to get in the Final Four or the NBA teams trying to grab their place in the playoffs, you might as well make it a party and break out some tasty treats! I'm posting three tasty treats for your hoops fans, here's the first one and it is perfect for the tip-off!

Three Point Play Snack Mix

3 cups thin pretzel sticks
4 cups Wheat Chex
4 cups Cheerios
1 1/2 cups mixed nuts or peanuts
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
2 TBS grated parmesan cheese
4 TBS melted butter

Crock Pot Method:
In crock pot, melt butter on high. Add garlic salt, celery salt, seasoned salt. Add to pot and mix together pretzels, cereals, and peanuts. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the other ingredients and stir well. Cover crock and cook on low 2 to 3 hours. Uncover the last 30 minutes.

Oven Method:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Melt butter in large roasting pan in oven (5 minutes). Stir in seasonings. Add remaining ingredients and mix until coated. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

Microwave Method:
Melt butter in large microwave-safe bowl on HIGH. Stir in seasonings, then remaining ingredients until coated. Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH 5-6 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes.

After cooking quickly spread snack mix on paper towels to sop up any excess butter. You can make this ahead of the game and store in airtight container or the winning play is to time it to be ready at game time and serve the snack mix warm!

Kitty Litter Casserole - Kooking With The Kids

A little Friday night cooking fun with the kids.
Kids might not eat liver or brussel sprouts, but they will eat
worms (gummi worms) trees (broccoli) and a lot of other things
if you give them a goofy or unappetizing name. If you are tired
of making mac & cheese or fish sticks every night try this easy
to make meat and rice casserole and serve it with Tree Salad!

Kitty Litter Casserole

TO MAKE KITTY LITTER
2 c Long grain rice
3 3/4 c Water
1 tsp Salt
2 TBS Butter or margarine

TO MAKE KITTY DUMPS
1 cup Bisquick
1 cup Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 lb Ground meat - beef, turkey, pork or combination
A pinch each of garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper

TOOLS
lg Mixing bowl
Rectangular baking dish
Deep saucepan with lid
Fork
Paper towels
lg Spoon
Large slotted spoon for pooper scooper

To make dumps: With an adult's help, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Using clean hands, mix together the dump ingredients in a large bowl. Mold pieces of this mixture into various size/shape dumps. Place so they don't touch each other in an ungreased baking dish. Use two if they don't all fit. With an adult's help, bake the dumps for about 20 minutes or until they are all brown, firm and slightly crusty.

While the meat cooks, put all four litter ingredients into a large saucepan. Then, with an adult's help, heat on high until the water comes to a boil. Stir, turn heat to low and cover the pan. Simmer without lifting the cover for 15 minutes. With an adult's help, remove the saucepan from the stove and carefully (to avoid having your face melted away by the steam), lift off the cover. Fluff the rice with a fork and set pan aside.

When dumps are done, carefully transfer them onto paper towels to drain. Spoon the rice and dumps into the now empty baking dish, leaving some dumps partially uncovered, the way Kitty does when he/she is in a hurry. Use pooper scooper to serve. Serves up to 8 little litter box lovers or a family of four.

Tree Salad

2 bunches broccoli
2 TBS bacon bits
1/2 cup raisin
1/4 cup chopped onion
2/3 cup of Italian dressing
2 tsp sugar (optional)

In large sauce pan (4 qt) bring 2 qt water to boil. While water is heating trim broccoli florets off the big stalk and rinse well. Blanch broccoli florets 2 minutes in boiling water but keep them crispy, immediately strain. Return broccoli to pan and just cover florets in cold water, strain and repeat twice to chill. When broccoli is chilled, drain all water. In large salad bowl add broccoli and the rest of the ingrediants. Pour Italian dressing over salad and lightly toss to evenly mix.

Blanching the broccoli makes more tender and easier to chew, if your kids will eat raw broccoli you can omit the blanching and just rinse the florets well under running water. The sugar is optional in case your kids like a sweeter salad dressing.

Sweet Potato and Pineapple Pudding - Crock Pot Cooking

1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and shredded
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice, undrained
1 small can evaporated milk
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 TBS margarine or butter, cut in cubes
1 lg (2 md) eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Lightly grease Crock Pot. In Crock Pot combine all ingredients.
Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or on High 4 hours, stirring every 2 hours until the potatoes are tender.
Serve hot or at room temperature.
This dish may appear to be curdling, but it all comes together at the end of the cooking.
Makes 5-6 servings.

Vegetarian Lasagna

1 pkg Lasagna Noodles
2 cups fresh Broccoli florets chopped
- or -
10 ounce Pk frozen chopped Broccoli

14 1/2 ounce Can Chopped or Diced Tomatoes
15 ounce Can Tomato Sauce
1 cup Chopped Celery
1 cup Chopped Onion
1 cup Chopped Grn/Sweet Red Pepper

1 TBS fresh Basil leaves minced
2 tsp fresh Oregano leaves minced
- or -
1 tsp dried Basil & 1/2 teaspoon dried Oregano
2 Bay leaves
2 Cloves garlic crushed or finely minced

1 Egg Beaten
2 cups Low or No Fat Ricotta Cheese
1/4 cup Grated Parmesan or Romano Cheese
1/4 tsp Ground black pepper
1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Cook noodles and broccoli separately according to their package directions, just blanch fresh broccoli; drain well. Set aside.

For sauce: In a large saucepan stir together undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, celery, green or sweet red pepper, basil, bay leaves, and garlic. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 20-25 minutes or till sauce is thick, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaves.

Meanwhile, in a bowl stir together egg, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Stir in broccoli.

Spread about 1/2 cup of the sauce on bottom of a 13x9x2" baking dish. Top with 1/3 of the noodles, half of the broccoli mixture, and 1/3 of the remaining sauce. Repeat layers twice more ending with the sauce.

Bake, uncovered, in a 350 deg F oven for 25 minutes; sprinkle with Mozzarella. Bake 5-10 minutes more or till mozzarella begins to slightly brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Serves about six to eight.

Most Wanted - It Happened ToDay

Most Wanted

March 14, 1950 - FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" List Debuts

After supplying information for a newspaper article in 1949 that listed the "toughest guys" being pursued by the FBI, the Bureau began considering criteria for making a list available to the public on a regular basis.

On this day in 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation established the "Ten Most Wanted" list. Hundreds of fugitives have since appeared on the list and 130 of them have been captured. The "Ten Most Wanted" list is arranged in no particular order of ranking. The FBI does not want to rank the fugitives to prevent any kind of competition amongst them to obtain the #1 slot. The fugitives are sometimes referred to by sequence numbers, which relate to their order of being placed on the list. The list is commonly posted in public places such as post offices, courthouses and other state and federal buildings.

In 1968, Ruth Eisemann-Schier became the first female fugitive to appear on the list.

Longest time listed: Donald Eugene Webb was listed longer than anyone. Webb was added in 1981 and spent 25 years, 10 months, and 27 days on the Ten Most Wanted list.

Shortest time on the list: Billie Austin Bryant was listed for only two hours in 1969 before being captured.

The most recently captured fugitive from the list is Columbian drug lord Diego León Montoya Sánchez, captured January 15, 2007.

The minimum reward for an FBI "Top Ten" fugitive is $50,000. The largest reward currently offered is $5,000,000 for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Osama Bin Laden. In the fall of 2001, the FBI unveiled the "Most Wanted Terrorist" list in response to the attacks of September 11th.

Quote for ToDay:
"Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success!" - William J. H. Boetcker

Discovering Uranus - It Happened ToDay

Discovering Uranus

March 13, 1781 - The first planet is discovered in modern times - Uranus.

William Herschel, a German astronomer, discovered the planet Uranus on this day in 1781. Not only was this the first discovery of a new planet in modern times, but it was also the planetary discovery made using the telescope.

Uranus, like the Asteres Planetai, or the Seven Heavenly Objects, composed of the five classical planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn - along with the Sun and Moon, are the closest celestial objects that can be seen with the naked-eye. However, in spite of Uranus being the third largest planet, its glow is so dim that the ancient astronomers dismissed it as a planet thinking it was a distant dying star.

Uranus is the ruling planet of Aquarius. The planet is named for the Greek deity Uranus who rules the Sky and is the father of Kronos (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter). William Herschel would first propose the name Georgium Sidus, Latin for George's planet, in honor of King George III; but Johann Bode, another German astronomer, would rename the planet Uranus to keep the consistency of the mythology inspired naming system.

On this same day in 1930 Clyde Tombaugh, an astronomer from the Lowell Observatory outside Flagstaff Arizona, would announce the discovery of Pluto, which for the next 70 years would be considered the ninth planet

William Herschel was eventually knighted for his significant contributions to astronomy and the understanding of the solar system.

Quote for ToDay:
"ToDay's quote is an audio/visual presentation. " - [Click here to view]

Bombed in Bombay - It Happened ToDay

Bombed in Bombay

March 12, 1993 - Series of explosions rips through Mumbai India.

15 year years ago today, beginning at 1:30 PM local time, a series of bombs exploded throughout the city Mumbai India (previously known as Bombay to English speakers). The bombings killed at least 317 people and injured over 1700 others.

The first bomb was detonated in the basement level parking garage of the new Bombay Stock Exchange building. 50 or more people were killed in this blast and the 28 story building suffered extensive damage as did neighboring buildings.

Twelve more blasts would rock the city during the next two hours. The other targets would include major shopping bazaars, several cinemas, the Passport office, and the headquarters of Air India, all attacked with car-bombs and motor scooters packed with plastic explosives. Three hotels would be shaken by suitcases filled with plastic explosives and left in rooms previously rented by the terrorists. At the airport, a barrage of grenades was hurled into the Sahar International terminal, and more grenades were used to attack the Hindu enclave of Fisherman's Colony. An attack on a double-decker bus would be the worst incident in terms of lives lost, as 90 people died in that explosion.

At first thought to be the work of Islamic militants in a continuation of Muslim verses Hindu violence, the investigation would reveal that the attacks were carried out by Dawood Ibrahim and D-Company, his crime syndicate, in retaliation for recent crack-downs on their operations. A total of 123 people would be arrested and charged in the bombings, 100 of them being convicted, the other 23 were acquitted. Those convicted in the bombings included bribed members of the police force, airport workers, and some high ranking customs officials, who aided the conspiracy by facilitating the importing of the explosives. Ibrahim escaped India, possibly fleeing to neighboring Pakistan, and has thus far eluded prosecution.

Quote for ToDay:
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams

Pandemic - It Happened ToDay

Pandemic

March 11, 1918 - First cases of Spanish influenza confirmed.

The disease was first observed at Fort Riley, Kansas on March 4th and confirmed a week later both there and in another case in Queens, New York, on March 11, 1918. An even more virulent strain of the virus would appear in August of 1918 simultaneously in Brest France, Freetown Sierra Leone, and in Boston MA.

Allied soldiers in World War I would refer to the sickness as the Spanish Flu as the virus spread across Europe during the fall of 1918 and into Spain where the uncensored Spanish press wrote freely and dramatically about the devastation from influenza.

The Spanish Flu Pandemic would spread throughout the world in three waves from 1918 into 1920 and touching even the Arctic and remote islands. Infection rates ran as high as 50% in some areas, and global mortality ran upwards of 100 million people. It is estimated that the Spanish Flu killed twice as many people as did the Black Plague of the 14th century.

Current concerns about "Avian Flu" and a new world-wide pandemic are related to the severity of the 1918 Spanish Flu. Research points to the 1918 virus having originated in birds and a mutation of the virus that jumped to humans without first traveling and mutating further through other species. Typically influenza outbreaks have a mortality rate of 0.1% or less for those infected. The Spanish Flu was not a typical outbreak in many respects. Besides the unusually high infection and mortality rates, this strain of influenza targeted young generally healthy adults (20-40 years old) who typically would survive influenza, instead of the usually weaker immune systems of young children and senior citizens.

In the U.S., entire Alaskan villages were obliterated by the Spanish Flu viruses, 500,000 to 700,000 died across the nation while 25-30% of the country was infected by the pandemic. Britain would report a quarter million deaths, and France almost a half million. More than 7 million, or about 3% of the population at that time of India would die of influenza. Pacific Island nations such as Fiji and Samoa would lose up a quarter of their people to the pandemic.

It is estimated that during the past 25 years AIDS has claimed 25 million lives, about the same number as died during the first six months of the Spanish Flu pandemic.

Quote for ToDay:
"No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating." - Harold Rosenberg

Dead Asleep - It Happened ToDay

Dead Asleep

March 10, 1948 - Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk Found Dead

Dressed only in his pajamas, Jan Masaryk was found dead in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry below his bathroom window. Masaryk's death on this day in 1948 remains a great mystery for many historians.

The Communist government "officially" announced that the Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister had committed suicide, though many believed, and many still do believe, that the non-Communist minister was actually murdered.

Soviet Bloc intelligence officier Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, who defected to the United States in 1978, claimed that Jan Masaryk was on a list of ten international leaders the Kremlin killed or tried to kill during that era.

Jan Masasryk was a formidable foe and impediment to the post war expansion of the USSR's Communist empire in eastern and central Europe. The Soviet Union fought to impose a Communist government on the smaller country of Czechoslovakia, while Masaryk insisted that it should remain a democracy.

Quote for ToDay:
"A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted." - Helen Rowland

Hundred Years of Solitude - It Happened ToDay

Hundred Years of Solitude

March 6, 1928 - Gabriel García Márquez Born On This Day

Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez was born on this day in 1928 in the small Columbian town of Aracataca, which would be his inspiration for the mythical "Macondo" the central village in Márquez's masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude.

As a child, García Márquez's grandmother told him fantastical tales that would set the stage for his trademark literary style of magical realism. He began his writing career as a reporter and foreign correspondent for El Universal in Cartagena. García Márquez would publish Leaf Storm and Other Stories, his first collection of short stories in 1955.

García Márquez moved to Mexico City during the 1960's and in 1967 published his crowning opus - One Hundred Years of Solitude. Because of his unique style of writing, García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 for his body of work. In 1985 he would publish El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera, based on his parent's courtship, which was made into the Golden Globe nominated film and better known by its English title - Love in the Time of Cholera.

Quote for ToDay:
"Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward." - Patricia Sampson

Circle The Wagons! - It Happened ToDay

Circle The Wagons!

March 5, 1875 - Reward Offered for Invention of a Motorized Wagon

Though the automobile industry did not emerge until the turn of the twentieth century, legislators and inventors alike had dreamed of a self-propelled motorized alternative to the horse-drawn carriages and wagons of the day, and without the constraints of rails.

On this day in 1875, the state of Wisconsin announced a $10,000 reward to any inventor who could produce a motorized wagon.

During the next twenty years several inventors created a variety of "vehicles" which were propelled by many different engine types, both internal and external combustion types, and generally incorporated a tricycle or three-wheeled design. Notable among this period of early attempts were the Duryea Brothers and Elwood Haynes of the US, and German inventors Benz, Daimler, and Diesel. However, none of these early forms of the "automobile" were capable of replacing a full-sized wagon, at best they were novelties that transported two or three people short distances around town.

In 1895, sixteen years after originally filling his first patent for his improvements to the mammoth-sized Brayton internal combustion engine and its use in a 4 wheeled car, George Selden won recognition and the reward for the first "motorized wagon". Selden's 1879 patent application included a "smaller and lighter" version of Brayton's two-stroke kerosene stationary engine - Selden's engine was a single cylinder engine that only weighed 400 lbs.!

Selden's patent would monopolize the attachment of an internal combustion engine to a carriage or wagon for the next two decades, during which he would reap huge royalties from American automobile manufacturers. However it would be Henry Ford who was ultimately successful in replacing draft animals with automobiles by revolutionizing manufacturing and the assembly line, and by breaking Selden's patent hold on the industry.

Quote for ToDay:
"Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward." - Patricia Sampson

Testing...1...2...3...testing! - It Happened ToDay

Testing...1...2...3...testing!

March 4, 1877 - Emile Berliner invents the microphone.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and Thomas Edison first invented sound recording and then playback on the phonograph which then sparked the music recording industry; but neither of Bell's or Edison's inventions would have progressed much past being novelties in their workshops and laboratories and into everyday life without a means to capture sound.

On this day in 1877, Emile Berliner, a young mostly self-taught German immigrant to America, would present an improvement to Bell's telephone transmitter, effectively the first microphone. Bell would purchase the rights to the new microphone and recruit Berliner to work at his Boston laboratory for the next six years. Berliner then returned to Washington D.C. and continued experimenting with sound and recording.

Berliner's improvements on the telephone transmitter followed on the heels of improvements Edison had made to Bell's invention a year earlier. It was while working on Bell's telephone that Edison was inspired to capture and reproduce sound through recording and playback, which ultimately became the phonograph in 1877. Ten years later in 1887, Berliner would patent a new type of phonograph called the Gramophone. The Gramophone would utilize a spinning flat disk for the recording instead of the cylinder used by Edison's phonograph. Despite the superior fidelity of Edison's cylindrical recordings, Berliner's disks would become the preferred recording medium due to simpler manufacturing and ease of storage.

Berliner would continue to make improvements to the microphone and the Gramophone. He would found first the Berliner Gramophone Company and then with one of his chief engineers Eldridge Johnson they would start the Victor Talking Machine Company, notable for its " his Master's voice" logo with Nipper listening to a Gramophone. In 1929 the Victor Talking Machine Company would be purchased by the Radio Corporation of America - RCA.

Quote for ToDay:
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr